Florida runs the deepest mold programme in the country alongside Texas. Chapter 468, Part XVI of the Florida Statutes creates two separate licences, mold assessor and mold remediator, administered by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The statutory definitions turn on area: assessment and remediation of mold growth greater than 10 square feet is licensed activity.
The two roles are meant to stay apart. A firm that assesses a property should not be the firm paid to remediate it, because the party measuring the problem should not be the party paid by its size. Ask for the licence number and check it against the DBPR register before work starts, not after.
Source: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), Chapter 468, Part XVI, Florida Statutes. Checked 2026-08-14.
Ask for the licence number and check it against the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) register before work starts. In Florida a licence number you cannot look up on the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) register is not a licence. Ask separately who will issue clearance at the end, because in Florida that should not be the same firm doing the removal.
A licensed job costs more than an unlicensed one, and in Florida that is the point rather than the problem: the premium buys a protocol, a separate assessor and a clearance document. The drying work underneath it is still priced at national rates in Florida.
Drying itself is priced the same in Florida as anywhere else; the published national ranges are on the pricing page.
Metro guides for Florida publish once three local facts can be sourced for a city: named operators, local flood risk and the county permit office. Until then the Florida position above is the state-level answer, and the national guides below cover cost and process.
Florida licenses mold assessors and mold remediators separately, and the licence is required above ten square feet.
Ask for the licence number and check it against the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) register before work starts. In Florida a licence number you cannot look up on the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) register is not a licence. Ask separately who will issue clearance at the end, because in Florida that should not be the same firm doing the removal.
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), under the Chapter 468, Part XVI, Florida Statutes. Position checked 2026-08-14. Florida can change its rules, so confirm current requirements with Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) before relying on this for a decision.
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